Siphoning device.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

J. T. MOKINNON. SIPHONI-NG DEVCF.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 17. 190s.

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JAMES T. MCKINNON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

` SIPHONING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application iilcll September 17,1906. Serial Noi 334.886.

l l l i My invention relates to an improvement in siphoning devices 'for use in drawing oli' cream 'from the top of nnlk, shown m the ac- 'g companying drawings, and more particularly set vforth in the following speci'lication and claims.

In the drawings; Figure l is a side elevation olf a bottle, showing the siphoning dcvice in the act of being Vforced into the body ot the cream below the return bend oi' the siphon; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the siphon raised, the long leg of the siphon being sealed by placing the thumb over the end of the tube, Fig. 3 shows the siphon with its long leg turned down in the act ot' extracting the cream llfoni oil' the milk; Fig. 4 shows the several parts constituting the siphon, the connecting thimblo being shown in section.

The object oi this invention is to provide a device b y means of which the cream that Vforms on top ol bottled milk as it is usually delivered in cities may be extracted without agitating the cream or causing `it to mix with the inilk;-the construction being such that the several parts constituting the device may be readily separated and cleansed.

Referring to the letters of reference shown in the drawings, A is the milk bottle, B the short leg of the siphon provided with a right angle bend t designed to 'fit into the thimble C, which is preferably made of rubber.

D is the long leg of the device also provided With a bent portion cl designed to enter the thimble C. i

i l i i i i l The operation oit the device will be readily understood Vlrom the drawings. To start the siphon, it is lirst thrust mto the cream until the cream rises above the return bend or thimble (I. The linger ol'A the operator is then placed on the end of the long leg ot the siphon, as indicated in Fig. 2, and the leg rotated in the thi'mble until it projects downward as indicated in 'll1 ig. 3. The siphon is then supported in the cream until it is all drawn from the top of the milk.

llaving thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A siphoning device composed of a short, rigid nipple, and rigid short and long tubes detachably and rotatably connected with o pposite ends of the nipple, thebody portion of each tube lying at a right angle to the nipple.

2. A siphoning device consisting oi a long and a short tube having ends bent at right angles, a sleeve providing a swivel connection between the tubes, whereby to start the siphon the short leg of the siphon together with its swivel connection with the long leg can be immersed in the lluid to be decanted and while the shorter leg only is immersed the long leg may be turned downwardly with respect to the short leg, substantialhT as described.

3. The combination 'withV a milk jar; oi a siphoning device consisting oi a long and a short tube having ends bent at right angles, a sleeve providing a swivel connection between the two, whereby to start the siphon the shorter leg of the siphon and the swivel connection together with a portion oi" the longer tube `may be immersed in the milk to be decanted, and while the shorter leg only is immersed, the longer legni aybe turned downwardly with respect to the j ar.

In testimony whereol", I sign this specification in the presence oi two witnesses.

JAMES T. MCISINNON.

IATitnesses:

S. E. THOMAS, HENRY E. VILLnno'r. 

